Table-chair



E. l-.. PURCELL. FOLDING TABLE CHAIR. APPLICATION FILED MR1; 1919 Patented May 20, I919.

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Patented May 20, 1919.

' Arb tration filed mm s, 1919. Serial R0.- 280,212.

Be it known that I, EDWARDiL; a citizen of the United States, and a: resident of Toledo, in the ou of Ohio, have inven a 'c'ertain--"new and useful Folding Table-Chaim and I do here by declare the following to be a. full, clear, and exact description the invention, "such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains tomake anduse; the same, reference being had to theaccompanye ing drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form apart the table to? of this specification;

My invention has for its object provide a combination of a'folding chairand ,a

tablesuch that the chail'fwillfbevreadiz folded into drawerform and; slid benea :14: particularly has for its object to so d the chair that its partswill be located beneath two planes located at a very'short distance apart and so thatthe parts of the chair will. be placed ,in substantially the'same plane; Constructions conchair when open.

tainin the inventlon may .be used for baby high c airs or' 'may be used for chairs for soda fountains or "may be used for combina-' tion of chairs and tables whereversuch a combination with a folding chair is useful. For purposes of'illustration I have selected a construction containing the invention and shall describe the same hereinafter. The construction selected-is illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1- of the drawings is a side view of the chair and the table to which it is connected. Fig. 2 is a Iperspective view of the ig. 3 is a top view of the chair when folded. Fig. .4 isa sectional view showing a yieldable lock for lockin the chair in any'position desired with re erence to the table.

1, Fig. 1, is the table to which the folding chair is connected. It is provided with the table top 2 and may be provided with a .de-

pending decorative flange 3 commo'n'lyfound in connection with dlIllll room tables. If desired, a slot 4 may be cut in the flange 3 into which the chair, when folded,.may be slid. One or more L bars 5 may be stz'cured to the under side of the table top 2 for riac'eiving one or more'slidible bars 6.: 'yVhen therchair is a baby chair, as shown in the drawing, a pair of bars Gmay be used, but when the chair is made for a mature person, one of the ba'r. s' 6 may be dispensed with m of Llicas-andstate' vide overhanging venience that ofi'ered' by having the twobars 6. Thebars 6 fornijgthe" arms of the baby chair shown injthezdrawing, as well as the slidable. :bars which. connect the j chairwitlrthe tabli' "Theater? is pivotally to theibarsi'; 6 1st the outer ends thereof. The seattB is ivotally connected "tq'thefl back 7 and links, connect the-seat 8 I w th the ,bm. '6. 1 *The-1ower' portion of the may providc'dwitha width less than the-topportion oftheback 7 to pronuisances-1am e ends of the bars 6-'so arts f the'back 7 that order easily theinselves on a; chailr without meeting the incon-- poi'tionioftheback 7 will be between locatedtsiy beyondthe outer surfaces of I theehdslq the-bars 6 and so that the lower portiomof 'the' b'ack 7- may swi 15 the ter-s 6, Theseat 8 has a width subsame as the widthof the lower a rtion'of the back 7 so that itmay also be,

I ocated between the bars 6. The'links 9 are located'o'n the: inside ofthebars 6' and the connection to the bars is such that they will besubstantially; parallel with the Hack-"7. 1

By this arrangement the back 7, the seat 8 and the links 9- may be swung or foldedbetween the' bars 6, that is, into the plane of th'ebarsfi. The legs ofthe chair may be formed of an extension of the' back 7 or they maybe secured by being fastenedto the bac 7.

"The legsIO may be connected together by a cross-piece bar 11. A knuckle jointed -link 12 may be located intermediate andconnected to the cross-bar 11 and the lowerside of the seat 8. The link/12 will maintain the .chair in its open position and kee the links substantially in line with thelbac of the chair and thus support the chairv while the barzi 6 preventsany forward or backward movement to 'any material extent.

Anyesu'ch motement, however, may be entirely prevented by the spring pressed pin 12. T e pin 12 may be located in'a shell 13 that may be secured in one of the L bars 5. The pin 12 extends through the L bar and by the operation of the spring 14, thepiri .12 will be pressed against the side ofone or the bars 6. The spring operates between a shoulder or washer 15 formed on or secured to the pin 12 and the outer end of the shell 13. The bar 6 against which the pin '12 is pressed by the'spring 1ft, may be 4 provided "with indentations -'or recesses 16 and thereby the rod will be securely locked from any to and fro movement. The holes or sockets 16 may be dish or saucer shaped and the end of the pin 12 may be rounded, that is, made spherical in form, so that the pin 12 will yieldingly resist movement of the rod 6 when the pin 12 enters one of the recesses 16.

The chair may be folded by breaking the knuckle link 12, that is, by moving the joint toward the seat and the upper ends of the legs which will draw the legs 10 toward the seat 8 and at the same time push the seat 8 and carry the lower end of the back 7 into the plane of the rods 6 whereupon the chair thus folded may be pushed along the til the following corners of the seat 8 clear the ends of the L bars, or clears the flange 3, whereupon the chair will drop into position. The back of the chair is provided with a handle 18 whereby the chair may bemanipulated. The handle is preferably located below the ends of the bars 6 so that when the seat 8 has been pulled from the ends of the bars 5 the weight of'the chair and its relation to the handle 18 will automatically cause the chair to open into positionsuch that the link 12 will swing into position to hold the chair in its open position.

I claim 1. In a foldable table chair, a channel member secured to the underside of the table top, a guide rod fitting the channel member and slidably supported in the channel member. a chair back pivotally secured to one side of the rod and supported by the rod when the rod is slid underneath the table top, a seat pivoted to the chai 1" back, a link connecting the seat and the rod for supporting the seat when the chair 'isdrawn from beneath the table and for swinging the seat into the plane of tln' chair back and the guide rod when the chair back is turned into the plane of the guide rod.

2. In a foldable table chair, channel members secured to the underside of the table top, guide rods fitting the channel members and slidably supported in the channel members, a chair back pivotally secured to and between the ends of the guide rods, a seat pivotally connected to the chair back, links connected to the seat and to the guide rods for moving the seat into the plane of the rods when the chair back is rotated between the guide rods and into the planeof the guide rods.

3. In a foldable table chair, a pair of guide rods, a pair of L members for receiving the guide rods, a chair back pivotally connected to the guide rods, a seat pivoted to the back, links connecting the seat with the guide rods and located sub-- stantially parallel with the chair back, legs connected to the chair back, a knuckle joint connecting the legs with the seat.

4. In a folda'ble table chair, a pair of guide rods, a pair of L members for receiving the guide rods, a chair back pivotally connected to the uiderods, a seat pivotally connected to the ack, links connecting the seat with the guide rods and located substantially parallel with the chair back, legs connected to the chair back, a knuckle joint connecting the legs with. the seat, the L members having portions extending beneath the rods and the edges of the seat and back when 'thechair is in. its" foldable position. In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name to this specification.

EDWARD L. PURGELL. 

